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Suburb vs suburb

Pick two suburbs, the same record answers for both. Reports filed, crashes counted, schools, parks, bus stops and the places the register remembers, in one table with the caveats still attached.

Counts are what the public record holds, a report tally measures the stream, not the suburb’s virtue.

Or try one: the city vs Riccarton · Linwood vs Phillipstown · Akaroa vs Lyttelton

Lyttelton Rapaki
Population3,220 June 2025—
2023 Census (SA1 join)3,117 indicative3,117 indicative
Census households1,3531,353
Under 15 (Census)15%15%
65+ (Census)17%17%
Area6.27 km²—
People per km²514—
Reports filed5,530165
Rank on the roll23rd of 10898th of 108
Reports per km²882—
First report on record20152015
Busiest day2026-01-07 72 reports2024-07-22 4 reports
Crashes on record77 2 fatal · 22 serious—
Epicentres inside the outline28 biggest M4.1—
Of the outline, red-zoned1.8% 11 ha—
The 2011 grade——
Flooded on record1.0% 1 event—
The sea’s reach13% of the outline—
Slope-hazard bands26% of the outline +57% broad overlay—
The remembered ground85% of the outline—
The wild ledger——
The kept view42% of the outline +24% outstanding—
The waiting water——
The quiet lines––
The drawn water14 reaches · 4% setback strips · held edge–
The allowed shape0% under density overlays–
The rebuild’s receipts2,646 frames filed · 2010–2017–
The pedal network––
The remembered names20 plaques · Sumner Road Gardens, Oxford Street Reserve–
The rules on the ground18 drawn rules · Rapaki Runanga–
On the hazard register10 parcels 9 current–
Made ground on file13 parcels 3 unvouched–
Surveyed rocks1,023 rocks 612 fell · 48 wobble easy–
Cleanups on file1 parcel none verified–
The model’s verdictunlikely 1% of the outline–
Engineered defences45 defences 4 rated poor–
The canopy179 trees 5 veterans · 51 remembered felled–
The plan’s wordOpen Space Natural 27% of the outline · 15% residential–
The plan’s reservations4% of the outline 5 designations · movement, pipes–
The plan’s exceptions1% of the outline 1 matter · heritage–
The listed city74 scheduled items 15 highly significant–
The usual complaintsGraffiti 1,256 · Water Leak 651 · Roading/Streets 588Graffiti 29 · Water Leak 26 · Roading/Streets 16
Schools10
Parks160
Facilities40
Tracks20
Bus stops11—
Bus routes through3—
Heritage places752

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Lyttelton's page · Rapaki's page

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Lyttelton and Rapaki?

the record holds 5,530 reports for Lyttelton and 165 for Rapaki.

Which has more heritage places, Lyttelton or Rapaki?

Lyttelton, 75 on the heritage register to the other’s 2.

Where do these numbers come from?

The same public record for both, council reports, the crash register, the heritage schedule, Stats NZ’s counts. The stream counts reports, not virtue; the caveats are each suburb’s own.

Questions, answered briefly

What does this page compare?

Two suburbs' public records side by side: reports filed, crashes counted, schools, parks, bus stops, heritage places, population and density. Every number is the same dataset the suburb pages use.

Does a suburb with more reports have more problems?

Not necessarily. The record counts what people chose to report, population, awareness and reporting habits all move the number. Read it as the suburb’s report stream, not a complaint league table.

Where does the data come from?

The same public sources as everywhere else on the site: council reports via Snap Send Solve, NZTA’s Crash Analysis System, the council’s parks and facilities layers, Metro’s stop data, the Heritage New Zealand register, and census figures via Wikipedia’s suburb summaries.